Philippine Bar review · Question

Practice question: Exempting Circumstances (See also RA 9208, Sec. 17, as amended; RA 9262, Sec. 26; RA 9344, Sec. 6, as amended by RA 10630)

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

What combination is central to the accident exemption in Article 12(4)?
  1. A lawful act with due care, with injury by mere accident without fault or intent to cause it.
  2. Any deliberate unlawful attack called an accident.
  3. Every negligent injury regardless of care.
  4. Only the actor’s statement that harm was unwanted.
  5. A mandatory family relationship.

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Article 12(4)-(7), accident, force, fear and lawful or insuperable prevention (not the obsolete original juvenile-age paragraphs): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426

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